Blind Man

Famous quotes containing the words blind man, blind and/or man:

    “As if he were
    a pot of dates
    in a blind man’s hand,
    Mothers,
    they pilfer my husband
    and they’re jealous of me!
    The cobra’s hood
    has come out of its tail.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “The shadow of the Venetian blind on the painted wall,
    Shadows of the snake-plant and cacti, the plaster animals,
    Focus the tragic melancholy of the bright stare
    Into nowhere, a hole like the black holes in space.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.”
    —Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)